Mark 9:35

and having sat down He called the Twelve, and He says to them, “If any wills to be first, he will be last of all, and minister of all.”

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In The King James Version

And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

In Context

34And they were silent, for they reasoned with one another in the way who is greater;

36And having taken a child, He set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in His arms, said to them,

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Cross References

Jeremiah 45:5And you seek for great things—do not seek, for behold, I am bringing calamity on all flesh—a declaration of YHWH—and I have given your life to you for a spoil, in all places to where you go.”

Matthew 23:11And the greater of you will be your servant,

Luke 14:10But when you may be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called you may come, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; then you will have glory before those dining with you;

Luke 22:26but you [are] not so, but he who is greater among you—let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;

Matthew Henry on Mark 9:31-41

The Apostles Reproved. 30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. 31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. 32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. 33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? 34 But they… Read the whole commentary →

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